Improved foot-rest



UNITED STATES PATENT Darren.

OHAS. S. ADAMS, OF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.

IMPRGVED FOOT-REST.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,63, dated .Tuly ll,reni.

' To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. ADAMS, of Hillsdale, in the county ofHillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovementin Crickets or Foot-Rests; and l do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of my invention, apiece being broken away to show the means I employ for adjusting thecenter portion of the cricket or foot-rest. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section ofthe same, taken in the line ma', Fig. 1.

Similar letters of. reference indicate corresponding parts.

It is very often found desirable, when warming the feet at a stove orbefore a re,to vary their height so as to take advantage ot' any degreeot' heat that it lmight seem would be given by changing their positionvertically, and it is often found tedious, especially to ladies sewing,or while sitting for a long time engaged at any one particular thing, tokeep the feet always in the saine position, when but a slight change inthe height of the article upon which they rest would at once relieve allthe muscles that have been constrained and place the sitter more atease; and a handy and quickly-adjusted'foot-rest for the use ot'gentlemen while smoking or reading is also desirable, as it would, iu` agreat degree, leave no excuse for that impolite habit of throwing thefeet upon another chair or upon a table or other like article.

By this invention I provide a foot-rest the height of which may bequickly and easily regulated to suit the pleasure of the sitter; -and toaccomplish this I construct a cricket in such a manner that its top, ora portion thereof, maybe raised and lowered and heldin positionsubstantially as hereinafter described.

To enable others to construct and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe it.

A represents the box or body ofthe cricket, which may be constructed inthe usual or any suitable manner and have much the appearance of auottoman.

The top of this cricket is made in three parts or sections, B B and C,and all these parts may be covered with plush or any other suitablefabric. The parts or sections B B are firmly attached to the box A orbody of the cricket. llhe'part or section C is made separate from theothers, and it has attached at or near each of its ends a slide orstandard,a,whichls arranged to slidein grooved guides, arranged in sideof the box A., at each end thereof.

D D are knobs or handles arranged on the.

done by merely drawing outward the knobs D.

These knobs not onlyserve to release the springcatches, but theyalsoserve as handles by which 'to lift or carry the cricket, and theymay be made quite ornamental, if desired.

E represents a spring applied to the under side of the section U, forthe purpose of throwing up the said section after the same has beenforced down even with the permanent sections or part-s B B so soon asthe pressure' of the spring-catches d is withdrawn from the mortisesff,cut in the slidesl or standards a, for theespecialpurpose ofenabling thesaid springcatches to hold the section C after it has been thrown downeven with the otherparts or sections of the cricket.

The interior of the box A or body 0f the cricket offers a convenientreceptacle for a la dys sewing-work or gentlemans slippers andboot-jack, and for many other articles which it is desirable always tokeep in a handy place.

The cricket, when not in use as afoot-rest, presents lthe appearance ofan ordinary seat or ottoman, and is a very neat and pret-ty ar1 ticle offurniture. When it is designed to use it as a foot-rest it is onlynecessary to d raw outward the knobs or handles D, when the spring 15'.instantly throws the part or section@ up far enough *o afford an easyhold with the hand, when it can be raised the height of one, two, three,or more notches in the siides or standarde a, according to the hei giltdesired.

do not coninemyseifio the partieuiar arrangement ofl parts as hereindescribed, as it can he readily seen that spiral springs might beemployed instead of the spring` E, and also :i bolt with a spiral coii,similar to those employed for hoiding on lamp-chimneys, might be used7in connection with slots in the slides, iu lieu of the spring-catches d.I- am, however, awa-re that adjusteblefootrests have been oonstrueted invarious Ways; bnhave never seen any combined with a cricket, stool, orottoman, substantialiyafter the manner of my invention.

in. the manner and i'or the objects herein speoified.

CEAS. S. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

TIMOTHY E. DIBELL, ROBERT H. TRIPP.

